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Uniplaces Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of the company is significantly tarnished by a consistent pattern of negative customer experiences. Many users report issues with misleading property descriptions, unresponsive customer service, and a lack of support when problems arise, particularly regarding refunds and deposit disputes. Customers express frustration over the company's perceived prioritization of profit over client satisfaction, often feeling exploited. While there are rare mentions of trustworthy landlords, the overwhelming sentiment is one of dissatisfaction, cautioning potential users to seek alternatives for their rental needs.

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service
57
value
53
shipping
30
returns
43
quality
51
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Finland
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Uniplaces nor the landlord don't deserve any stars. Both are unreliable. I don't recomend anyone to use Uniplaces. Everything is fine when things go smoothly but in case of any trouble they always take the landlords site against the contract.

The landlord doesn't follow the contract at all and only functions with money. He tries to take advantage of you in any way he can if he earns some extra money.
He also blamed me for many things that I didn't do or wasn't correct. And soo many other illegal stuff. Horrible experience!

Date of experience: May 30, 2023
Portugal
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Emailing every single day to the Landlord, reminding them to give back the initial deposit after we left the house 30 days ago, tired to this surreal situation, i told them i would hire a lawyer and sue the landlord. After this day, the landlord gave a lame excuse and return back the money.

I contact again Uniplaces to make a review in their site but they said tha after 30 days, reviews are not allowed. That's it, Uniplace is just a lame service sitting in a pile of golden eggs (real state in Portugal) not giving sh*t to their final customers, only the landlords.

Do not recommend this tool!

Date of experience: March 29, 2023
Portugal
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Terrible experience
March 17, 2023

They don't support you. You need to pay service fee. But this money will be rubbish. They never help you with the problems that you have with landlord or house

Date of experience: March 17, 2023
Portugal
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I booked a room that looked nothing like the pictures. The walls were mouldy, the door was broken, the floor was cracked and the kitchen was not as described.I reported the problem to the site within 24 hours of arrival, with pictures to prove it, and the owner admitted the faults but they were not fixed. I didn't stay in a place that was harmful to my health, but I still didn't get my money back. The costumer servise is not helpfull at all they never want to give you compensation.

Date of experience: March 1, 2023
Portugal
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I had to leave my apartment after six days because it was unsafe (threats from landlord, no electricity, physical violence), and spent a lot of money on airbnbs until I managed to find a new place. I contacted uniplaces and they were very unsympathetic, they clearly didn't care, and didn't get a refund of anything, not the rent, not the deposit, not the €300 service fee I paid to uniplaces to "guarantee my safety at every step" lol what a joke!

Date of experience: February 4, 2023
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I used UNiplaces when booking my place abroad and I am very dissatisfied and upset. I made multiple complaints because the landlady I was sharing a house with was horrible. She invaded my privacy, refused to let me use the washing machine, spoke down to me constantly and was rude in her messages. At one point she was so vile that I had to get a hotel for a few days. I also couldn't have any guests in my room although I was paying an unreasonable amount for the room. I couldn't find another place because all accomodation was booked up and all UNiplaces did was offer discount on their personal fee for my next apartment. I appreciate they give you 24 hours to report a problem- but this particular problem arrived later in my stay and as a student who had moved abroad for the first time, my mental health suffered. On top of this- the landlady decided not to give me my deposit back and there was nothing I could do although I was leaving because of her unreasonable behaviour. Perhaps they should review their policy! I will not be using again

Date of experience: February 1, 2023
NL
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Poor communication
January 31, 2023

The agency office in Valencia is poorly run, no warning of check times, was kicked out before my check out time, often times staff not friendly, the office has a weird vibe.

Date of experience: January 31, 2023
Austria
1 review
5 helpful votes
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December 28, 2022

I booked my stay abroad through uniplaces. Everything looked good online but shortly after moving in I noticed that the apartment and also my room had a huge cockroach problem (in bed, in the room, kitchen, living room, bathroom, everywhere).
I found about 10 cockroaches in the apartment every day, with a lot also being in my room, sometimes up to 10 in my room. After my landlord did not want to reduce my rent and I informed him about the legal situation (he knew about the situation and put wrong information online, cockroaches everywhere) he told me I have to pay or else I'm free to leave (even though he knew exactly what he was doing is illegal and I had hardly any options to move somewhere else within short notice) what about uniplaces? Tells me to pay rent (I didn't pay rent because I wanted a rent reduction) or I can leave:--)
Due to lack of options i moved out (luckily: i couldn't sleep in that room for much longer in because i had cockroaches in my bed!) and completed my semester abroad back home in austria online
When I wanted to leave a short and honest review on uniplaces about the room I got the info that uniplaces has any right to change or not publish reviews if it violates the guidelines. My review described the room and also stated that the room and apartment had a major roach problem - what happened? Uniplaces did not publish it so they can rent the room to the next poor girl not knowing what's about to come. I paid 650€ (cold) in Lisbon. Thanks for that Uniplaces. Questionable practices. Don't help, they support the distribution of wrong information and give you the option: pay or get out. Never again - do not to book.
Update: I recently tried to review uniplaces on instagram on their page: they deleted my comments:—-) DON't book

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Date of experience: December 28, 2022
Customer E. Uniplaces Rep
over a year old

Dear Jasmin,

Thank you for taking the time to review our service, we are very sorry to hear about this experience.

We tried to find a booking associated with your review, but unfortunately, we do not have your contact information available, and that limits our ability to provide the best possible support to your case and validate your feedback.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
The Uniplaces Team

Chile
1 review
1 helpful vote
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SCAM
November 28, 2022

They are pirates. Stay away from this company!
I paid for a reservation that I had to change for reasons of force majeure. I discussed the change with the owner and she had no problems with this. After the change we had to cancel the trip and Uniplaces does not want to return the money as a deposit to the owner or me. They want to keep the 1600 euros that I paid without giving me anything as a refund, not even to the owner of the apartment that we wanted to rent.

Date of experience: November 28, 2022
Customer E. Uniplaces Rep
over a year old

Hello Benjamin,

We appreciate you making us aware of your feedback, however allow us to clarify that when a cancellation occurs from your side, it's not possible to apply a different cancellation policy from the one selected in the booking.

We regret that you haven't been able to enjoy your booking, for reasons beyond our control and we would like to share with you that we have confirmed with our Customer Service colleagues and they are still working on your case to be able to give you all the information and support.

Thanks in advance and greetings,

The Uniplaces Team

Sweden
1 review
1 helpful vote
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One of the worst unethical companies that I have ever dealt with in my 38 years on this planet. I told them that I had a medical emergency and that I needed to cancel - 60 days in advance. I provided solid evidence by a doctor from my country, but it was "invalid". Was this because it was from a middle eastern country? A very racist behavior that's keeping a disgusting taste in my mouth. Uniplaces is trying to scam and until now I have not seen my money back. I will do everything in my power to expose this company to regulators in the UK, the EU and wherever they operate. I will make sure that media cover their unethical practices until this company revisits its consumer laws and hire an ethical committee to help them to stop exploiting people or shut its doors once and for all to keep the public safe.

Date of experience: November 21, 2022
Italy
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Worst week ever!
September 14, 2022

Uniplaces charged me the whole month as well as the service fee even though i informed them that the appartment was dirty, bathtub didnt work, and there was literally a hole in the wall where a pipe went out, as well as he was arguing until 3 am complaining about me and I heard everything. After complaining several times they didnt take me seriously and stood by the landlords side who mostly ignored my questions or demands to fix and clean. I moved out after a week but am very disappointed with uniplaces

Date of experience: September 14, 2022
Customer E. Uniplaces Rep
over a year old

Hello Lina,

Thank you for taking the time to review our service. We are sorry to learn that your experience didn’t match your expectations.

Our main goal is always to help our tenants and landlords by offering complete information, mediating in solving any special requests and to be impartially fair to both sides, while also upholding our policies when they need to be applied. We're sorry that this resolution was not the one you expected.

We appreciate you making us aware of your negative experience and thank you for your feedback, so we can always strive to do better. We'll always be available if you have any additional questions or comments.

Kind regards,
The Uniplaces Team

Spain
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible experience! DON'T USE THIS PLATFORM! We booked a room that was supposed to be in Madrid, and it turned out to be an hour away from Madrid. It was only after we payed we were given the exact address. We tried to cancel immediately and asked for a refund and of course they refused. Never again!

Date of experience: September 2, 2022
Customer E. Uniplaces Rep
over a year old

Hi Ana,

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We are sorry to learn that your experience didn’t match your expectations.

Please allow us to clarify that all our listing present the exact location in the respective map, as we understand this is one of the priorities of our tenants when looking for an accommodation. Our site also offers the possibility of showing all the listings in a map view.

Our main goal is always to help our tenants and landlords by offering complete information and mediating in solving any special requests and we regret that you didn't check the location before submitting the booking request.

We appreciate you making us aware of your negative experience and thank you for your feedback, so we can always strive to do better. We'll always be available if you have any additional questions or comments.

Kind regards,
The Uniplaces Team

Portugal
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Take money and gone
July 30, 2022

We ukrainians, we were forced to relocate in another country... I booked studio in Paris, before that Uniplace's help answered very quickly. Than landlord said me I should sent deposit BEFORE move-in date on MoneyGram to ANOTHER NAME and these transfers are not protected in any way. If I don't do this - I can cancel booking. Uniplaces don't answer me, I want my money back (700 euros). Today 30 of July, rent will be start 1 August, so now money in Uniplaces bill and they should return it to me... Booked ID *******

Date of experience: July 30, 2022
Customer E. Uniplaces Rep
over a year old

Hello Nikita,

Thank you for taking the time to review our service. We are sorry to learn that your experience didn’t match your expectations.

We can see that our team has provided you the necessary help, and we are sorry that you are not satisfied with the support you received, however we would like to confirm that a full refund has been issued and no extra amount was charged to your account by Uniplaces.

We appreciate you making us aware of your negative experience and thank you for your feedback. We'll use it to manage the way we support our customers and strive to do better moving forward.

We'll always be available if you have any additional questions or comments.

Kind regards,
The Uniplaces Team

NL
1 review
0 helpful votes
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ABSOLUTE SCAM
July 3, 2022

ABSOLUTE SCAM!

They accepted my request even though I didn't want to and I told them I was not able to meet the dates. I had to pay €255,00 for service fees for absolutely nothing. I also have to pay the first month of rent! NO ONE listened to the story and did not care about it. Unreachable. ABSOLUTE SCAM!

Date of experience: July 3, 2022
Customer E. Uniplaces Rep
over a year old

Hello Linn,

Thank you for sharing your review with us. We are sorry to learn that your experience didn’t match your expectations.

Our main goal is always to help our tenants and landlords by offering complete information, mediating in solving any special requests and to be impartially fair to both sides, while also upholding our policies when they need to be applied.

We appreciate you making us aware of your negative experience and thank you for your feedback, so we can always strive to do better. We'll always be available if you have any additional questions or comments.

Kind regards,
The Uniplaces Team

Italy
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Uniplaces is a SCAMMING WEBSITE, please DO NOT trust this platform.
We rented a flat in Florence through an Italian platform called 'ROOMLESS' which is directly in contact with UNIPLACES.
Once we arrived in Florence, the place we got is incredibly filthy, there are spider web and dead mosquitos on the wall, all surfaces are super greasy, grease on all the switches, the floors and the bathroom are dirty and the sofa and chairs are with filthy stains.
The local agency called 'Homes in Florence' (another scam alert) UNIPLACES is in contact with is some sort of a 'MAFIA-ISH' agency. When we complained about the fact that the flat is unliveable, 'Homes in Florence' Googled my name, and found my company, went to my company and wrote one-star fake reviews.
Uniplaces disregarded all of the above factors, and wanted us to take the filthy place and refused to refund us one cent, despite the fact that we never took the apartment.
What a scam platform! If you do not want troubles, stay away from this platform.

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Date of experience: June 27, 2022
Customer E. Uniplaces Rep
over a year old

Hello Xun,

Thank you for taking the time to review our service. We are sorry to learn that your experience didn’t match your expectations. We can see that our team has provided you the necessary help, and we are sorry that you are not satisfied with the support you received.

Our main goal is always to help our tenants and landlords by offering complete information, mediating in solving any special requests and to be impartially fair to both sides, while also upholding our policies when they need to be applied. In your case, that meant the cleaning of the accommodation booked, which was provided immediately. We're sorry that this resolution was not the one you expected.

We appreciate you making us aware of your negative experience and thank you for your feedback. We'll use it to manage the way we support our customers and strive to do better moving forward. We'll always be available if you have any additional questions or comments.

Kind regards,
The Uniplaces Team

Italy
1 review
1 helpful vote
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SCAMMERS
June 21, 2022

DONT BOOK THROUGH UNIPLACES, we booked an apartment through them and had the worst experience, it honestly ruined our trip! We followed every instruction to get help from them when arriving at our apartment, NOBODY answered and it was a total scam, they kept our money AND charged us an extra month (we stayed only 30 nights and they charged us for TWO WHOLE MONTHS!) After sending them countless emails reaching for help nobody seemed to care, unfortunately we lost the money and our trip was ruined after figuring out the apartment was a scam.

Date of experience: June 21, 2022
Customer E. Uniplaces Rep
over a year old

Hello Monica,

Thank you for taking the time to review our service.

We are truly sorry to learn that you are not satisfied with your experience and we would like to help you, but unfortunately, we do not have your contact information available, and that limits our ability to provide the best possible support to your case and validate your feedback.

We kindly ask that you contact us by sending a request to customercare@uniplaces.com with your registration e-mail and Booking ID. We’ll be happy to provide you with assistance.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
The Uniplaces Team

France
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Catastrophique!
Catastrophique, mal honnête je dépose plainte!
Bonjour

Je vous conseille de lire attentivement cet avis si vous ne voulez pas subir la même chose qu'à ma fille et moi.
Pour son stage de fin d'études ma fille avait trouvé via le site Uniplaces, un appartement situé à Antonia Pusich, n*2 à Lisbonne (loyer hors charges 865€) appartement qui acceptait notre chiens. Arrivée à Lisbonne à 20h30 en voiture, 1875km plus tard, je me rends compte qu'une personne fait le ménage dans l'appartement. Immédiatement ma fille est moi sommes « choquées » par les avions si bas et au ras des toits des l'immeuble car l'appartement se situe juste derrière les pistes d'atterrissages!
Impossible de dormir durant 5 nuits! Le bruit fenêtre fermées est INSUPPORTABLE!
UNIPLACES nous a répondu que le problème des avions est extérieure à l'appartement, cependant les nuisances sonores sont bien à l'intérieur!
Regardez ma photo de profil, elle est prise de la fenêtre de la chambre à Lisbonne!
Jamais cette situation n'était indiquée sur l'annonce, autrement jamais nous n'aurions pris cet appartement!
De plus, la femme qui a fait le ménage à pulvérisé le matelas avec un produit chimique très odorant, le laissant quasiment mouillé, malheureusement les énormes taches d'urines et de sang qu'elle a tenté de faire disparaître ont résisté et je ne vous parle pas de l'odeur!
J'ai bien évidemment fait des vidéos ainsi que de nombreuses photos pour faire valoir mes droits car ne pouvant pas dormir à cause des avions juste au dessus des toits et l'état exécrable de la literie, nous avons cherché en urgence un autre appartement! Évidemment le loyer de 865€ à été encaissé et aucun remboursement ne nous a été fait! Honteux d'arnaquer les étudiants qui n'ont pas beaucoup de moyens financier!
Je poste sur ma page Facebook les videos et photos pour vous prouver mes dires et que vous ne vous fassiez pas arnaquer comme nous!
Ma page est Nina kha (ma photo est ma tête /lunettes de soleil et un chien) n'hésitez pas à aller voir car un voisin a Lisbonne nous a dit que nous n'étions pas les 1er à se faire avoir par le propriétaire, que c'était très régulier et Uniplaces est également responsable!
En gros ils encaissent plusieurs loyers par mois puisque personne ne peut supporter un tel vacarme et une telle crasse!
Je n'en resterai pas là, je veux qu'ils rembourse les frais engagés
Je dépose plainte contre Uniplaces dont j'ai conservé tous nos échanges

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Date of experience: June 14, 2022
Customer E. Uniplaces Rep
over a year old

Hello Nina,

Thank you for taking the time to review our service, kindly allow us to reply in English.

We are sorry to learn that you are not satisfied with your experience. We tried to find a booking associated with your review, but unfortunately, we do not have your contact information available, and that limits our ability to provide the best possible support to your case and validate your feedback.

We kindly ask that you contact us by sending a request to customercare@uniplaces.com with your registration e-mail and Booking ID. We’ll be happy to attend to any questions, concerns, or comments you may have.

We appreciate you making us aware of your experience and thank you for your feedback. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
The Uniplaces Team

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Stayed in Rome for three months for school - place was disgusted, garbage everywhere and 2/3 toilets did not flush. Uniplaces did NOTHING. Even worse - I was scammed out of hundreds of Euros of hidden fees and my security deposit for 800 Euro was NEVER returned. Horrific customer service.

DO NOT STAY WITH THEM

Date of experience: May 30, 2022
Customer E. Uniplaces Rep
over a year old

Hello Haydn,

Thank you for taking the time to review our service. We are sorry to know that your experience didn’t match your expectations.

Our main goal is always to help our tenants and landlords by offering complete information, mediating in solving any special requests and in order to do this we need your request to arrive on time. In your case we can see that your check-out date was December 2021 and the first contact we received from you about the security deposit was in March 2022. Kindly understand that this limits our power to help you in case there are issues to fix in the accommodation.

We appreciate you making us aware of your negative experience and thank you for your feedback, so we can always strive to do better. Our colleagues will also check your case again and contact you with the best options.

Best wishes,
The Uniplaces Team

Portugal
1 review
0 helpful votes
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What a piece of crap of a company. On March 27th, I booked an overpriced apartment to enter on March 31st to stay for April and May and got charged for the full month of March as they only offered monthly contracts for this property! No joke! They make it very easy to rent and pay apartments that you did not use retroactively. Cancelled the booking as soon as I realised but €2,300 thrown away, just like that. Great business model, Uniplaces! When you try to reach them, OF COURSE there is no phone number to be found anywhere. BE VERY SUSPICIOUS OF ANY BUSINESS THAT AVOIDS PHONE INTERACTIONS WITH CLIENTS AT ALL COST. Instead, they make you file an online claim and all I got was an email exchange where some (likely underpaid) customer service agent proceeded to explain that it was all my fault for not reading the conditions. What a beauty. Avoid Uniplaces like the plague, people! Lots of local rental platforms use this site for their ads, so I suggest you search for local platforms in the country / city you are visiting before heading to Uniplaces. It can save you money!

Date of experience: March 30, 2022
Customer E. Uniplaces Rep
over a year old

Hello Pedro,

We are sorry to learn that you are not satisfied with your experience.

We invite you to check in our website, when you select your desired accommodation, you can find the type of contract and payments information during the booking process and at the check-out page.
Our main goal is always to help our tenants and landlords by offering complete information, while upholding our policies when they need to be applied.

We regret you couldn’t enjoy your booking this time and we’ll keep working to offer the best accommodations and always strive to do better. In order for us to offer a detailed and precise assistance, our complaint process is handled via customercare@uniplaces.com, and we'll always be available if you have any additional questions or comments.

Kind regards,

The Uniplaces Team

GB
1 review
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I received my booking confirmation but the price was different to what was quoted on the booking request!

THEY ARE CHARGING ME AN EXTRA 1400EUROS RENT!

When booking it displayed a first rental payment and then one other remaining payment due of 1400euros for period June - July.

When I received the booking confirmation it says that there are payments due for each month when It never displayed this on the booking request!

I contacted them immediately and they refused my refund request.

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

Date of experience: March 22, 2022
Customer E. Uniplaces Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,

Thank you for taking the time to review our service.

We are sorry to learn that you are not satisfied with your experience, and we would like to clarify the conditions of your booking in order to avoid any possible misunderstanding and hoping this information serves to clarify.

When checking your booking, we can see that you booked a listing with variable rent, which is informed as soon as you select the dates of your preference. For this you paid already 2.755€ for the 1st rent and you have a remaining payment of 2.805€ for the next month, which is divided in 2 payments due to the type of contract, in this case: fortnightly. For this reason our site showed you in the payment section "Remaining monthly payments" 1.400€ for each month, June and July.

We hope this is helpful and we also have our colleagues available to solve any doubt before you submit a booking request.

Because it is important for us to make sure all our customer have the most detailed information, we will also forward this review to our Quality Team and we'll strive to do better.

Kind regards,
The Uniplaces Team

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uniplaces.com
Founded in 2011
London, LONDON, United Kingdom
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